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Eleven NZ Defence Force chaplains who have died while serving their country will be remembered in a commemorative service at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul on 28 August 2015.
It is one hundred years since the first NZ Defence Force chaplain was killed on active duty.
The service will be attended by the Governor-General, His Excellency, Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae, Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant General (LTGEN) Tim Keating, past and present NZ Defence Force chaplains, and relatives of two NZ Defence Force chaplains who died on active duty.
56 year old Chaplain-Major William Grant was killed on 28 August 1915, during a firefight.
He was killed while tending to wounds and recovering bodies of the fallen.
He is buried at Gallipoli, and left behind a widow and five children.
Grant received the 1914-15 Star and the Victory Medal for his service.
Relatives of Chaplain-Major William Grant will attend the service, together with members of his former parish in Gisborne.
Chaplain-Major Grant’s great-niece will do a scripture reading during the service.
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